Microsoft has released a performance update for Vista, which apparently fixes the well-known issue with Vista coming back from stand-by or hibernation. From Ars Technica:
The quick and dirty: Explorer file transfer (copy/move) slowness looks to have been fixed (finally), hibernate and sleep now actually work as advertised (at least on my Toshiba R400), and a load of video card support issues have been rolled up. For those of you keeping track, the MD5 hashes on these updates match those that were leaked last week.
This is a big deal for media centers since they need to be continuously left on to record television. A functioning stand-by mode is essential for this.
Slowly, Vista is becoming a viable option for the living room.
Thu, Aug 9, 2007
Vista Media Center